Rail-anchor.



PATENTED MAR. 6, 1906. J. M. SCOTT.

RAIL ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILED DEG. 22, 1905.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 6, 1906.

' Original application filed March 10, 1904, Serial No. 197,477. Divided and this application filed December 22, 1905. Serial zen of the United States, residingat Racine,

in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvernents 1n Rail-Anchors, of which the iollowlng 1s a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof. i

The main objects of this invention are -to prevent lengitudinal movement or creeping of railway-railsupon the ties, to prevent the spreading of the rails, to insure against 'sli in the anchor, and generally to improve the construction "fo'fdevic'es of this class.

fillti'e invention consists in certain novel feaof construction and in the peculiar arrangement and combinations of parts, as hereinafter articularly described, and defined in the c aims.

In the accompanying drawings like characters designate the same parts in the several figures.

Figure 1 is a vertical cross-section of a pair the 1present invention are ap lied, the anchor at t e right'being shown in e ievation and the anchor at the left in section. Fig. 2 is a plan View and horizontal section of a pair of connec'ted anchors as applied to railway-rails, the anchor at the left being shown in section. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the anchor as applied to a rail and tie, the rail being shown in side elevation and the tie in cross-section;

and Fig. 4 is an inside elevation of one of the.

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- a a designate a pair. of parallel railwayrails, and b designates a tie to which they are spiked or attached in the usuaL way.

The anchor constituting the present inven- -'tion comprises a pair of aws or clamps c c,

which, as shown, are of like or similar form, exce t that they are reversed or made right and eft to fit on the'opposite edges or flanges of arail-b'ase. They are adjustably connected. and clamped upon the base of a rail by a threaded bolt d, passing underneath and close to the rail and through transverse holes in. the jaws. The'jaws are preferably made of malleable iron and areformed with horizontal bearings, which fit against the bottom of the rail-base, and with longitudinal recesses to receive the edges or flanges of the and operation base. They are also formed with vertical' therein, one or each of the two jaws is provided with one or more teeth adapted to bite,-

into the rail-base on which it IS clamped.

These teeth are hardened and may be formed integrally with the jaws or'separately therefrom. When they are formed integrally with the jaws, the entirejaws-or the teeth alone may be hardened. As shown in Figs. 2 and 4 and as preferably constructed, the jaws are provided with separately-formed hardened-- toothed bits f f. These bits are fitted and inserted in the recesses of the jaws and are held in place therein before they are applied to a' I rail by lips g 7, formed on the jaws at the ends of the recesses and bent over the ends of the bits. Either one or both of the jaws may be provided with teeth to bite into a rail-base and with a verticalbearing to abut against a tie.

rail by a short belt, or two pairs of jaws may be connected, as shown, by a long bolt or rod (1, which serves also as a tie-rod to prevent the rails from spreading and to determine and adjust the gage of the track. When the jaws are applied to the rails in independent pairs, ordinary bolts having heads at one end and threaded and provided with nuts at the other end are used. On the other hand, when they are connected in pairs, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the long bolts or rods (1 are threaded for a distance somewhat greater than the width of the rail-base and provided with two nuts h hat each end. In this way tne jaws of each pair are adjustably connected and clamped on the rails, and the spread-- Each pair of jaws may be clamped on a.

against the sides of ties toward which the rails tend to creep and are tightly clamped upon the base-flanges by turning up the nuts on the connecting-bolts, the hardened teeth of the jaws being embedded in the flanges, and thus preventing the rails from slipping endwise in the anchors.

By'providing bolts of different lengths or threaded for a sufhcient distance to admit of it the same aws may be readily and effectively applie to rails of different sizes or rails having bases of different widths.

With a single jaw constructed as herein shown and described a jaw of any other form and construction suitable to engage with the opposite edge or flange of a rail-base may be connected to form an eiiective anchor.

Various changes other than those hereinbefore noted may be made in details of construction without departing from the principle and intended scope of the invention.

This application is a division of application Serial No. 197,477, filed March 10, 1904.

I claim 1. A rail-anchor comprising a jaw adapted to be clamped on the base-flange ota rail and having a tooth adapted to bite into the flange and prevent the rail from slipping in the anchor, substantially as described. i

2. A rail-anchor comprising a recessed jaw adapted to be clamped on the base-flange of a rail and having in its recess a hardened tooth which is adapted to bite into the railfiange and prevent the rail from. slipping in the anchor, substantially as (it-scribed.

3. A rail-anchor comprising a recessed jaw adapted to be clamped on the base-flange of a rail, and a hardened toothed bit inserted in the recess of the jaw and adapted to bite into the flange and prevent the rail from slipping in the anchor, substantially as described.

4. A rail-anchor comprising a toothed jaw adapted to be clamped on the base-flange of a rail, and a bearing arranged to abut against the side of a tie, substantially as described.

5. A rail-anchor composed of a pair of jaws having longitudinal recesses, hardened toothed bits in said recesses adapted to grip the base of a rail, and a bolt adjustably conhecting said jaws, substantially as described.

6. Arail-anchor composed of a pair of jaws having longitudinal recesses provided with hardened toothed bits adapted to grip the edges of a rail-base, bearing-faces adapted to abut against a tie, and a threaded bolt passing through holes in the jaws and adjustably connecting the same, substantially as described.

7. A rail-anchor comprising two pairs of jaws adapted to be clamped on the basellanges of parallel rails, and a tie-rod connecting the two pairs of jaws, each pair of jaws having a bearing arranged to abut against the-side of a cross-tie and the jaws of each pair being out of contact with each other below the rails and capable of sliding on the tie-rod, and means for holding the jaws in their adjustment on the rod, substantially as described.

S. A raileanchor comprising two pairs of jaws adapted to be clamped on the baseflanges of parallel rails, and a tie-rod connecting the two pairs of jaws and threaded on the ends and adjustably connectin the two jaws of each pair, each pair of jaws aving a bearing arranged to abut against the side of a cross-tie and the jaws of each pair being out of contact with each other below the rails and capable of sliding on the tie-rod, and a nut for drawing the jaws of each pair toward each other, substantially as described.

9. A rail-anchor composed of two, pairs of jaws adapted to grip the base-fianges of two parallel railway-rails and having bearing-faces adapted to abut againsta tie, and a bolt adjustably connecting both pairs of.jaws and serving as a tie-rod for the rails, the jaws of each pair being out of contact with each other below the rail and capable of sliding on the rod, and means for drawing the jaws of each pair toward each other, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I hereto afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN M. SCOTT.

Witnesses: A

Crm'rsrornnn C. Grr'rrNGs, MATTIE E. PALMER. 

